Bull's Eye Blog

Becky Heron, a Durham County commissioner from 1982 until 2011, died early Thursday. Before her death, Herons friend Melissa Rooney began collecting Durham residents comments and memories of her as a gift for Herons family.

The submissions below are posted with Rooneys permission and that of the authors:

When I first moved to Durham, my first introduction to folks involved running the city/county was her campaign flyer Keep HERon I thought it was adorable and used it as an example in my sociology of politics class at UNC.

The city transportation office has come up with a proposition for charging downtown residents to park their cars in public spaces, starting Jan. 1 at a cut rate and phasing increases to what everybody else has to pay over two years.